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Originally Posted by 33girl
What the hell is it?
Bombing 2 extremely well known buildings that everyone in the US can identify, and trying for a 3rd. I mean if a random person would watch a movie filmed in OKC in 1989, they probably wouldn't know which building it was that was bombed. If that same random watched a movie filmed in NYC and DC in 1999, they could easily pick out the WTC and the Pentagon and feel sad when they looked at them.
I absolutely agree with the rest of your post, but you asked why - simplistic as it is, I think that might be a big part of it.
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Consider that larger numbers of victims leaves behind much larger numbers of relatives/loved ones to advocate for them as well. There's also the surreal "live" playout of 9/11 that is still seared in peoples conscious, as well as the fact that most americans probably feel 9/11 was a "bigger deal" than the OK bombing.